Attachment for faucets.



No. 770,932. PATBNTED SEPT. 2?, 1904. M. A. SHELDON. ATTACHMENT FOR muons.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 14, 1903.

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M W B Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARK A. SHELDON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,932, dated September 27, 1904. Application filed December 14, 1908. Serial No. 185,097. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK A. SHELDON, a citizen of the United States of America,'residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Faucets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Faucets and similar devices as ordinarily constructed are provided with no means for engaging the bail or handle of a pail or kettle, so that said receptacle may be hung thereon in a position to catch the water; and the object of this invention is to provide means for such a purpose which may be readily attached to the ordinary faucet.

It is also an object of the invention to so construct the device that it may be firmly secured to a faucet of any size and also to provide certain other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention and showing the same attached to a faucet in position for use; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the device; Fig. 3, a rear elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the same.

The device is so constructed as to adapt it to be secured to the upperside of the downwardly-curved discharge spout or nozzle of the ordinary faucet and consists of a hood or body portion A, formed concave at its lower side to fit the upper curved side or bend of the nozzle and provided with side portions A, formed with arms B, extending outwardly and downwardly from the lower edges thereof at each side of the nozzle to embrace the same and hold the device in place thereon, said arms being each provided with an opening B at its outer end to receive a bolt C. which bolt extends across beneath the nozzle, and when the nut O on said bolt is turned up draws the arms toward each other, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and A, to clamp the device firmly thereto. Formed integral with the upper end of the body is a shelf D, which extends laterally from each side thereof a short distance and is curved slightly at its upper side to engage and form asupport for the handle of the receptacle, and a hook E is formed integral with the lower front side of the body to receive the bail of a kettle or other receptacle having no handle. The shelf D is considerably longer than the width of the body to furnish an extended support for the handle and prevent the pail from tipping, and the forward side of the shelf is cut away, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it will not interfere with the hanging of a receptacle upon the hook E.

In order that the device may be secured to the different sizes of faucet-nozzles, the side portions A of the body A are cut inward from their rear edge near the upper end of the body or are partially severed from the shelf D at F, so that said sides may be bent inward to more closely embrace the nozzle or may be bent outward to allow a nozzle of larger diameter to be inserted between.

The device is made of such metal that the armsB will bend without breaking, as shown in dotted lines, to firmly clamp the nozzle, and thus prevent the device from turning thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a faucet attachment, the combination of a supporting-body formed concave at its lower side to receivethe upper curved side of the discharge-nozzle of a faucet, arms projecting downward from the body at each side of the concave, a bolt to engage the arms and draw the same toward each other around the nozzle to clamp the body thereto, and means on the body for engaging and supporting the handle or bail of a receptacle.

2. In a faucet attachment, the combination of a body, portion formed concave at its lower side to form side portions to engage the discharge-nozzle of a faucet, arms integral with said side portions having openings in their ends, a bolt to engage said openings, and a laterally-extended shelf integral with the upper end of said body to engage the handle of the receptacle.

3. In a faucet attachment, the combination of a body concave at its lower side to engage the discharge-nozzle of a faucet, a laterallyextended shelf integral with the upper end of said body and having its upper surface formed slightly concave to adapt it to be engaged by a handle, side portions formed integral with said body and partially severed therefrom by being cut inward from their rear edges to allow the sides to be bent, downwardly-extending arms integral with the lower edge of said side portions and each provided with an opening at one end, a bolt to engage said openings, 10

and a hook integral with the forward side of the body for the engagement of a bail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

